How to read curriculum maps

The numbers in the top row of the curriculum map correspond to the months of the school year. For example, if your school year
begins in September, then September would be month 1 on the map. If your school year begins in August, then August would be month one.

The shaded boxes marked with "X" represent the months in which a particular skill should be taught.

The map can be read using either a "horizontal trace" or a "vertical
trace". To do a horizontal trace, you select a skill you are interested
in, then trace across the row to find the months marked with an "X" for
that skill. This will tell you which months a skill should be taught.
To perform a vertical trace, select a particular month, then trace down
the column to find the shaded boxes. The shaded boxes correspond to the
skills that should be taught that month.